Black shoes, white shirt for a funeral And we carried him down Our friend Is not around And it's often when you fall asleep It's a face in a dream it's an alkaline beat And everyone loses sometimes But not everyone tries again No one tells you Things don't go right much There'll be days when you've seen enough And you want it to end So I will mourn you though I won't agree With why you did it and it won't beat me No matter how bad the damage you will see I'll strive valiantly. Black shoes, black shirt at a party His bad luck weighs him down "We all live troubled lives We all want something more" So I say "It's getting better" but he don't see no Marengo Well you be the General And I'll be Napoleon No one tells you Things don't go right much There'll be days when you've seen enough And you want it to end So I will mourn you though I won't agree With why you did it and it won't beat me No matter how bad the damage you will see I'll strive valiantly. My Marengo So I will mourn you though I won't agree With why you did it and it won't beat me Though it's hopeless and tragic And though I'm ceaselessly panicked No matter how bad the damage you will see I'll strive valiantly.